Zayas Luis H, Bright Charlotte L, Alvarez-Sánchez Thyria, Cabassa Leopoldo J
Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1196, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA.
J Prim Prev. 2009 Jul;30(3-4):351-69. doi: 10.1007/s10935-009-0181-0. Epub 2009 Apr 28.
We examined the role of acculturation, familism and Latina mother-daughter relations in suicide attempts by comparing 65 adolescents with recent suicide attempts and their mothers to 75 teens without any attempts and their mothers. Attempters and non-attempters were similar in acculturation and familistic attitudes but attempters report significantly less mutuality and communication with their mothers than non-attempters. Mothers of attempters reported lower mutuality and communication with their daughters than mothers of non-attempters. Small increments in mutuality decreased the probability of a suicide attempt by 57%. Acculturation and familism do not appear to play major roles in suicide attempts but relational factors may. Instituting school-based psychoeducational groups for young Latinas, particularly in middle school, and their parents, separately and jointly, and focusing on raising effective communication and mutuality between parents and adolescent daughters are important primary prevention strategies.
我们通过比较65名近期有自杀未遂行为的青少年及其母亲与75名无自杀未遂行为的青少年及其母亲，研究了文化适应、家庭主义和拉丁裔母女关系在自杀未遂中的作用。有自杀未遂行为者和无自杀未遂行为者在文化适应和家庭主义态度方面相似，但有自杀未遂行为者报告称与母亲的相互性和沟通显著少于无自杀未遂行为者。有自杀未遂行为者的母亲报告称与女儿的相互性和沟通低于无自杀未遂行为者的母亲。相互性的小幅增加使自杀未遂的概率降低了57%。文化适应和家庭主义似乎在自杀未遂中不起主要作用，但关系因素可能起作用。为年轻拉丁裔女性，特别是初中女生及其父母分别和联合开展以学校为基础的心理教育小组，并着重提高父母与青春期女儿之间的有效沟通和相互性，是重要的一级预防策略。
